SIR – I joined Sunday’s march against anti-Semitism in central London (report, November 27). Being present at this event, which felt more like a peace vigil, was an enormous privilege. I spoke to many strangers and overheard countless conversations. The total absence of hatred, or desire for vengeance, encapsulated this solemn, dignified occasion. I am proud of my fellow attendees, and of the millions of British people who share the value of tolerance on display that day. Philip Duly Haslemere,
SIR – Mindless groupthink on net-zero energy policy, with its cost repercussions and impact on security of supply, has sown the seeds of social unrest in Britain (“European energy key to keeping lights on this winter”, report, July 28).
8 July 2021 • 12:02am
Bangladeshi people sit waiting for free food provided by Dhaka Metropolitan Police during the hard lockdown
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SIR – Television reporters constantly interview members of the public who claim that they don’t want lockdown to end. Where do they find these people?
If their lives have not been blighted by the lockdowns of the last 16 months, I can only assume that they don’t work or run a business; they don’t go shopping; they never eat out; they don’t have school-age children or students in their family; they don’t know anyone in hospital or a care home; they don’t have health problems or ever need to see a GP; they never go on holiday; they never go to the theatre, a cinema or to a concert; they don’t support a charity; they neither attend nor support nor try to organise a local club or organisation; they don’t go to public talks or meetings; they don’t have or want any social contact; their family n
SIR – Matt Hancock, the man who set the rules as Health Secretary, flouted them while the rest of us had to decide who could attend a funeral, who missed out on wedding celebrations, which friends and family we hugged (never mind kissed).